AFD To Get A New System To Improve Response Time

If you have an emergency during or after a storm or a car accident or medical situation, the time it takes first responders to reach you may soon be shorter.

Earlier this week, the Amarillo City Commission approved a measure to buy the new system, which will be outfitted for every fire station in the city.

Just hearing the call is difficult for firefighters. AFD District Chief Don Preston says, "we've got some old speakers, in parts of the station you can't hear, and so when the bells go off, you receive an alarm, you go stand in one part of the station and you can hear the call come over."